Naqvi too calls Army 'Modi ki sena', V K Singh says it is nation's sena

Union Minister V K Singh Thursday said the armed forces do not belong to an individual but to the nation, even as his colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was caught on camera referring to the Army as 'Modiji ki sena'.

Naqvi's purported remark comes amid a controversy over a similar comment made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently.

However, Naqvi later maintained that he had not said it in as many words.

When contacted for comments over the controversy triggered by Adityanath's remark, V K Singh, a retired Army chief, said the Army belongs to the nation.

"'Sena kisi ki nahi hoti hai. Sena sirf desh ki hoti hai. Ismey Modi sena kahan se aa gayi' (Army does not belong to an individual. Army only belongs to the nation. Where did Modi army come from?" he said.

At an election rally in Rampur on Wednesday, the footage of which has gone viral on social and electronic media, Naqvi said, "Our missiles, our defence personnel annihilated the terrorists after storming their bastions. This is not an ordinary feat."
On Thursday evening, Naqvi told PTI over phone, "I might have said 'meri sena, aapki sena, har aadmi ki sena' (my Army, your army, everyone's Army)."